# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ghazi-kanaan
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:19:24.728Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ghazi-kanaan"
name: "Ghazi Kanaan"
slug: "ghazi-kanaan"
description: "Ghazi Kanaan was a Syrian military officer and intelligence chief who served as Syria's interior minister from 2004 to 2005. He was also the long-time head of Syria's security apparatus in Lebanon from 1982 to 2002."
tagline: "Syrian intelligence officer and politician (1942–2005)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/da/Ghazi_Kanaan.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1942"
deathDate: "2005-10-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.73
  momentum:             6.74270379067427
  historical:           11.69268533333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghazi_Kanaan"
    title: "Ghazi Kanaan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%BA%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%8A_%D9%83%D9%86%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "غازي كنعان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%89_%D9%83%D9%86%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "جازى كنعان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghazi_Kanaan"
    title: "Ghazi Kanaan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghazi_Kanaan"
    title: "Ghazi Kanaan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghazi_Kanaan"
    title: "Ghazi Kanaan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%BA%D8%A7%D8%B2%DB%8C_%DA%A9%D9%86%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "غازی کنعان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghazi_Kanaan"
    title: "Ghazi Kanaan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghazi_Kanaan"
    title: "Ghazi Kanaan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghazi_Kanan"
    title: "Ghazi Kanan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghazi_Kanaan"
    title: "Ghazi Kanaan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghazi_Kanaan"
    title: "Ghazi Kanaan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8A%A0%E9%BD%90%C2%B7%E5%8D%A1%E7%BA%B3%E5%AE%89"
    title: "加齐·卡纳安"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q741727"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump